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The Baghdad government vowed Wednesday to take legal action after an American marine was spared jail by a US military court over the massacre of 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005.
Legal Aid Groups Planning Major Layoffs in 2012
The ongoing wave of layoffs and staff reductions already engulfing civil legal aid programs will likely worsen, according to the Legal Services Corp. Legal aid groups surveyed in December and January said they anticipated laying off 393 employees in 2012, including 163 attorneys.